Co-trainer Simon Zahra knows the stable’s promising mare Heatherly needs to learn how to behave in the barriers and get away with a clean jump if she is to match up to the star sprinters next start in the Moir Stakes 2016.

Former Melbourne Cup winning trainer Mark Kavanagh has named the Moir Stakes in three weeks’ time as the next major aim for his smart mare Wild Rain after her smart McEwen Stakes 2016 win at Moonee Valley.

The key support act on the Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes Day card at Moonee Valley Racecourse this Saturday is the McEwen Stakes 2016, the final field and betting markets for the short-distance sprint now out.